Minecraft Creator Forming Own Studio
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Congratulations are somewhat hollow. Not sure how swedish tax laws work, but in the US if someone were to suddenly make 3-4 million, they'd have a choice between spending/investing(losing) most of it or having the government take it. Its not so much hes earned a studio, its that he either creates a transparent, structured, income/expenditure model or the government finds an excuse to steal most of what hes earned.
I seriously hope he doesn't sell out to one of those big companies...I don't even want to -think- about how they would destroy the dreamy game that is minecraft...*shudders*
DAMNIT, just thought of some awful possibilities. microtransactions..."expansions"...subscription based multiplayer...unmoddable code...
DAMNIT, just thought of some awful possibilities. microtransactions..."expansions"...subscription based multiplayer...unmoddable code...
It's actually "The Word of Notch". Kinda easy to misread, I made that mistake several times myself when first visiting his blog, but uh, c'mon. You're a journalist! Fact checking! 8PGreg Tito said:
I hope he can get rewarded for his efforts, but dammit, I don't want those big publishers ruining his creativity.
usually what happens with creative developers:
-make a small but enjoyable game
-game becomes popular
-bigger companies see money making potential
-buyout IP and person
-Games look better
-games start sucking and behave like everything else.
usually what happens with creative developers:
-make a small but enjoyable game
-game becomes popular
-bigger companies see money making potential
-buyout IP and person
-Games look better
-games start sucking and behave like everything else.
Good for him as has made more profit that some AAA games and not even beta. Soon as out of beta and officially released will almost surely quadruple as every gaming media loves it and he is the underdog and is holding firm refusing big names and know doubt high intensives and everybody loved the underdog. Cause of this I would gladly buy this guy a beer and give him a tenner to keep going.
Ive been following Minecraft for a few months, bought it a few weeks before it suddenly exploded in popularity. Very enjoyable game.
Company wise, by following his blog and twitter i believe he is hiring people to help maintain a proper business enviroment with proper support with billing, technical help and such while he focuses on the game himself. (After all he is the only one who knows his own code at this point).
Also he said he would also be working on a new game in tangent with Minecraft that he and friend (now coworker) want to make together.
Company wise, by following his blog and twitter i believe he is hiring people to help maintain a proper business enviroment with proper support with billing, technical help and such while he focuses on the game himself. (After all he is the only one who knows his own code at this point).
Also he said he would also be working on a new game in tangent with Minecraft that he and friend (now coworker) want to make together.
Yeah its to bad people are giving him flak for that. Why don't they come up with ideas to help him manage it? I've also seen this happen to other games when they are even in their beta. People treating it like its the full game. I'm sure he has much more planned than whats in the game now.Slythernite said:
Top Notch studios?SnipErlite said:
Hopefully his company is success and we get a full version of Mincraft soon, imagine how well that would sell if he is making suspicious amounts of money only from the alpha.